Fastening for gloves



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HMO. & P. B. LOTHROP. Fastening for Gloves.

No. 230,793. Patented Aug. 3,1880

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UNITED STATES PATENT Orrrcn.

HENRY O. LOTHROP, OF BOSTON, AND FRANK B. LOTHROP, OF SOUTH ACTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

FASTENING FOR GLOVES.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 230,793, dated August 3, 1880. Application filed May 22, 1880. (N0 model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that We, HENRY O. LOTHROP, of Boston, of the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, and FRANK B. LOTHROP, of South Acton, of the county of Middlesex and State aforesaid, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Fastenings or Clasps for Gloves, Shoes, 850.; and we do hereby declare the same to be described in the following specification and represented in the accompanying drawings, of which- Figure 1 is a top view, Fig. 2 an underside view, Fig. 3 an edge view, and Fig.4 alongitudinal section, of a fastening containing our invention, the nature of which is duly set forth in the claim or claims hereinafter pre- Fig.5 is hereinafter described. Fig. 6 is a view of a glove with the clasp or fast;- ener applied thereto. Fig. 7 is aview of the fastening as closed. Fig. 8 shows the fastening as made without the part D.

The said clasp or fastener has its parts or members constructed and hinged or connected substantially in manner as shown-that is to say, the partA and the springB are represented in the drawings as made of a piece of wire bent in manner as shown, especially in Fig.5, which is a perspecth'e View of such combined parts A and B. The wire is first bent in a small circle at each end, so as to there form it with an eye, O. Next it is bent at its middle and between such and each eye in manner as seen at h and 2', thereby forming the part A and a spring, B, in one piece, the part A being the outer portions, 7- lc, of the wire. WVe, however, do not confine our invention to such a mode. of making the two parts A and B, as each may be otherwise properly formed, and be made of plate metal or other material instead of wire. Each of the parts 0 and D is a rectangular or other'proper shaped plate or device, curved lengthwise, as represented, the

two being hinged together at two of their ends, the part D having holes a a in it for enabling it to be sewed to a glove or other article.

The part 0 has journals b b projecting from its opposite edges near its free end, such journals being adapted to enter the eyes 0 cat the ends of the part A. Furthermore, from such free end a curved lip, d, extends in manner as represented. The spring B laps on the part 0.

The fastening may be composed of the parts A, B, and Oonly; but we prefer to add to and combine with them the part D in manner as stated; but when the latter is dispensed with part 0 should be provided with holes or suitable means of securing it or enabling it to be fixed to a glove or other article.

In Fig. 6 the fastening is shown as applied to the wrist portion f and openingg of a glove, E, the fastening extending across the said opening, and the parts A and D being, at their outer ends, sewed or secured to the glove. On folding the part 0 over upon the parts A and B the part D will be drawn forward and folded on the part 0, the opening 9 being reduced and the parts being held in their folded positions by the elastic power of the part B.

What we claim as our invention is as follows, viz:

1. A glove-fastening, substantially as described, consisting of the spring B and the parts 76 k, in one piece, and of the part 0, arranged and combined substantially in manner and to operate as set forth.

2. The combination of the springB and the parts 70 It, all in one piece, with the parts 0 D, all being arranged and combined substantially in manner and to operate as specified.

. HENRY 0. LOTHROP. FRANK B. LOTHROP. W itnesscs:

R. H. EDDY,

W. W. LUNT. 

